You're going to love these Vegetable Fritters w/ Tzatziki Sauce! This recipe is super simple, crisp, fresh, colorful and so dang good! Don't forget to dip each fritter in a light and fresh vegan tzatziki sauce. It's a must!
These crispy vegetable fritters w/ tzatziki sauce are packed with broccoli, carrots, and zucchini along with fresh herbs like parsley and chives. It's the perfect dish to share with friends as an appetizer, as a snack, or even main entree.
Let’s break it down:
This dish comes together very simply. Let's break it down! First, grate the zucchini. Zucchini holds a lot of excess water so be sure to add it to a cheesecloth or clean dish towel and squeeze the water out. Grate carrots and chop the broccoli, scallions, chives and parsley. Mix together. In a separate bowl, whisk together the spices and flour along with the plant milk. Add this mixture to the chopped veggies and fry until crisp! Whip up a quick fresh tzatziki sauce (recipe linked below) and serve. Simple yet so delicious!
What You Will Need For These Vegetable Fritters w/ Tzatziki Sauce
Kitchen Essentials:
The beauty of this recipe is how simple it is! All you need is a large bowl and pan to fry them in!
Main Ingredients:
- Zucchini
- Carrots
- Broccoli
- Scallions
- GF All Purpose Flour
Vegan Tzatziki Sauce:
Tzatziki Sauce recipe can be found on the blog post for my Vegan Seitan Gyro. The sauce is just a few ingredients and only takes a few minutes to whip together. It's a must for this recipe!
Substitutions:
- GF All Purpose Flour: This recipe is gluten free but will also work with All Purpose Flour.
- Any of the vegetables can be subbed for other things but honestly, I don't recommend it. They are incredibly delicious as is!
How To Make The Best Vegetable Fritters w/ Tzatziki Sauce
Squeezing the water out of the zucchini is very important. Use a clean dish towel or a cheesecloth and squeeze as hard as you can to remove the water.
All the vegetables should be very finely chopped and grated so the fritters hold together properly.
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Vegetable Fritters w/ Tzatziki Sauce
Ingredients
Vegetable Fritters:
- 1 Medium Zucchini grated
- 2 Medium Carrots grated
- 1 cup Broccoli finely chopped
- 3 Scallions green parts only
- 2 tablespoon Chives
- 2 tablespoon Parsley
- ⅔ cup Gluten Free All Purpose Flour
- 2 tablespoon Nutritional Yeast
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
- ¼ teaspoon Cumin
- ¼ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
- ⅔ cup Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk
- Vegetable Oil for frying
- Vegan Tzatziki Sauce
Instructions
- Make the tzatziki sauce ahead of time and place in fridge until the vegetable fritters are ready to be served. Recipe linked above.
- Grate zucchini and squeeze out as much water as possible using a cheesecloth or clean dish towel. Add zucchini to a large bowl.
- Grate the carrots, finely chop the broccoli, scallions, chives and parsley. Add to the large bowl along with the zucchini.
- In a small bowl whisk together the gluten-free flour, nutritional yeast, salt, black pepper, cumin, cayenne pepper and the unsweetened non-dairy milk.
- Add the flour mixture to the vegetable mixture and stir together until it's well combined and all the vegetables are coated in the batter.
- Heat a large pan on medium-high and fill the base of the pan with vegetable oil. Once hot, add a heaping ¼ cup of the batter to the pan and use the back of the scoop to gently pat it down in to a patty shape. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Flip and cook for another 3-5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and continue cooking until all 8 fritters have been fried.
- Serve the vegetable fritters with vegan tzatziki sauce. Enjoy!
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